Busy Busy Busy!

We have been so busy. Last week was busy getting ready for Albert's party. We had a lot to do. I wanted to get the guest bedroom cleaned up and our yard had to be done, Albert pressure washed the house and changed the light fixtures outside around the house and the garage had to be cleaned and I some how found some time to get the cabinets straight too. Albert did a great job of putting out pine needles and finishing the flower beds that he started back in the fall. I bought ferns and planters for the front porch as well. I told Albert that we were going to start having to plan his party in May so our yard would be done for the whole summer. Ha
Friday we went to Monkey Joe's with Amy, Sage, April, Chloe, Champ, and Champ's friend. We had a great time. We came home and I had to get busy to be able to get everything done for the party.
We went to bed late and we all slept until 8:00. We got up and we shipped Bricen off to his Granna's and Albert and I slaved to get everything done. Not only were we having about 40 people for dinner. We had 5 others spending the night. Albert's family came from out of town and we had some of them staying with us. Everyone started arriving around 6 and we had a great time. We didnt get in the bed until around 1:30 so needless to say we were a little lifeless yesterday. All we wanted to do was lay around the house. Sage came over to play with Bricen for a little while and then Wes, Amy and Marli ( Sissy) came to eat supper. After supper theboys got to play on the big boy toys 4-wheelers.
Today I went and had my back worked on because after 2 months of hurting it isnt getting any better so I am laying around taking it easy today. I will upload a picture from Saturday a little later on!

We're Home!

We are home after a great week at the beach. Our week flew by. We had a house full. Gran, Granna,(my parents) Uncle Robbie, Aunt Kristen, Sullivan, Addison,(My brother and his family) Albert, Bricen and I. My aunt and uncle normally come home for the week at the beach. They live in Las Vegas and we only see them this one week. My aunt was promoted to from Assistant Store Manager to Store Mananger at a Dillards in Las Vegas!! We all missed them dearly. We have all been going to the beach for quit some time now.

We use to go to the beach as a family just the four of us. When Albert and I started dating he starting going too. He has been with our family on 11 beach trips. Most of which he spends his birthday at the beach. There was one year he had to work and was unable to go. It's a great family tradition and we hope to continue for years to come. We will have a lot of memories to share as the boys get older.

We had a great week. We hung out around the house a good bit. We would get up in the mornings eat breakfast and go to the beach for a couple of hours and then head in for lunch. After lunch the boys would take there naps. Once the boys went down for naps Kristen and I would head back out to the beach for 2-3 hours while the daddy's stayed home and took naps too. This was so relaxing. Once we got back to the house the boys would be up and most of the time we would let them play in the pool. We had a kiddie pool under the covered deck. This was a big hit with Bricen!

Monday evening we ate dinner at the house and Albert, Bricen and I went to Walmart in Shallotte N.C. and we drove to Holden Beach site seeing. We had a great time at the pier at Holden Beach.

Tuesday after naps we went to the museum and did a kids activity. We learned a lot about things that live in the ocean, sea turtles, toured the muesum and colored fish. We went back to the house and after we ate dinner Albert, Bricen and I went out on the beach and played and took lots of pictures of Bricen.

Wednesday late afternoon went to TGIF's for dinner. After dinner we went to the Wings store to get him a BOARD!! He wanted a boogie board like Sullivans.

Thursday Albert, Bricen and I went to the Bass Pro Shop, outlets, California Dreaming for lunch, and the John Deere Store at Barefoot. We headed back to the house for Bricen to get his nap. It was our night for dinner so Albert napped with Bricen and I went to the grocery store for things we needed for supper. Albert and I cooked and after dinner we all went and took pictures by the water way.

Friday- Our last day- We enjoyed our morning out on the beach soaking up the last little bit of sun and gritting the last bit of sand. Going to the beach with a two year old ha you better LOVE sand. We ate lunch took baths and I went to Calahan's my favorite store for souviners. After dinner Robbie and I went to fill up our truck, the Wings store (we got a new addition to our family from there-Hermie the Hermit Crab) You will have to ask Albert how excited he got about this. Ha. After leaving Wings we went and stood in line for ice cream for everyone and the line was long it took us 25 minutes in line. WOW, it was some good ice cream.

The car was pretty much packed last night so we got up, got ready, feed the kids breakfast, got the rest of the stuff together and we were out of there by 8:30 and we were in Lake Wylie at Christopher's by 12:15. We made great time coming home!!

We had a great week and we took over 600 pictures. So I am sure you will be seeing some of those as well!

Today is my HUBBY's 30th BIRTHDAY!

What a way to spend your birthday! We have had a great day. We got up ate breakfast, got our bathing suits on and headed to the beach. Don't know if you have ever seen that show Yes Dear but we looked like the family walking across the road with all the beach stuff. We had a great time. The current was real strong and it jerked Bricen down one good time and he was a little unsure for awhile but he loved the "big sandbox". We took a blow up pool and he had a ball in that too. It is so much better this year he sits and plays and doesn't run off like last year. Cousins Sullivan and Addison had a good time. The weather is GREAT. It's not hot. Normally this week in years past its been in the high 90's. Looking at the weather for the week, the highest its suppose to be is 87. There was a great breeze on the beach today. We stayed out for a good while and then we came back in for lunch. After lunch the daddy's put the boys down for naps and the girls went back out to the beach for a couple more hours. We came in and we put the pool up on the deck and the boys had a good time playing in the pool. Then we went in and got baths and showers and got ready for supper. We had a great supper. We had steaks, chicken, potatoes, and salad. We had a couple of different people bake cakes for our vacation so we enjoyed a pound cake with cream cheese icing for Albert's birthday. After dinner we went for a walk to the local stores and we got the boys some prizes for being so good. Bricen got a boat, aligator and a shirt that he picked out himself. We got back from our walk and we had a little snack before it was time to hit the sack. We have had a great first full day on vacation! Happy Birthday Albert!

We're Here!

Hey we are here in Ocean Isle, N.C. We got here around 5:30. We sat in some traffic trying to get on the Island. It took us 1 1/2 to go 3 miles but we are here and Bricen did great! We left at 11:00. Bricen slept for 30 minutes and then we stopped for lunch at 1:30 in Darlington. Then we were back in the car until we got here at 5:30. So we did great only stopping 1 time. I am so glad I had bought the v-tech smile pocket. Bricen played with that for quite awhile. I couldn't get the DVD player to play so that was out for awhile then when we hit the traffic Albert messed with it and got it working. So Bricen got to watch Shrek to help the time pass while we were in traffic. We had a nice trip spending time as a family in the TRUCK. Thats right, momma's car isn't big enough to get us all down to the beach. So we bring the truck and then knowing that we have room I think I pack more than normal. So we got here and got everything unpacked. We ordered pizza for supper. After supper we let the boys play and then it was bath time. Since Bricen only got a 30 minute nap it made going to sleep so much easier than normal. He was out like a light! Well we are now enjoying just a little laying around time. I will blog more as the week goes on!

Well this week is going fast! We have been busy with everything we have to do to be able to leave for the beach on Saturday. I have one long list with all the things I have to do. Albert is tired from working his butt off to be able to be gone for a whole week and when we come home he will miss at least Monday of the next week. He has Jury Duty. Got to love that.
I had an open house for realtors at one of my listings today in Clover and I let that end my work day and I went and had a manicure and pedicure this afternoon. It was wonderful! I wish I could do it weekly or at least bi-weekly. I am seriously thinking the manicure bi-weekly. I was so tired that I did close my eyes for awhile. Needless to say I haven't been worth a toot since I left because I got so relaxed. Well tomorrow will be a busy day. It will start off by getting everything in the house cleaned followed up by packing. I have to go meet a client around lunch and then I have a few things to do for Albert's party. I need to address invitations, mail them and go getthe chicken breast since they are buy one get one free. If life wasn't so crazy I wouldn't know how to live.
Look for more to come on the beach trip!

Love those Sunday afternoons!

We had a nice day! We slept late got up and got ready and went to church. We came home from church and ate lunch and then (my favorite part) we all took a nap. We slept all afternoon. We got up and went to my parents swimming and ate dinner over there. My brother and his family came and we had a lot of fun. We are all very excited because this time next week we will be at the BEACH!! So I will be blogging from Ocean Isle N.C. next week. We have a very busy week ahead of us. The things you have to do to go on vacation is tiring. So by the time you get it all done you need a vacation. Come Saturday morning I will be in a bad mood. I will be so tired and Albert will too after working his tail off to be able to go. Well I guess I better go. I need to get busy writing a list of everything that needs to be done this week. Have a great week!

Fun Night Out!

We have had a great night! We went over to Wes and Amy's for a fun get together. We took Bricen to spend the night at my parents so we could have a fun night with some friends. Bricen could have gone but it was nice not having to chase him around and to have to know where he was every minute of being at their house. We just hung out and Wes grilled hotdogs and we had a lot of different pick ups. The guys took their 4-wheelers and rode in the dark while the girls hung out and caught up on all the latest gossip. We had a great time sitting around talking about girl stuff. The crowd was smaller than normal but we had a great time. It was fun to get to hang out and catch up on everyone. The guys had a GREAT time getting MUDDY! We ended up having to leave before we wanted to. My parents were with out power and had to bring Bricen home to put him to bed and we didn't want to stay out to late with them being at our house. WE HAD A GREAT TIME!!

Happy July 4th!!!

We left at 9:30 yesterday morning and headed to Boone N.C. My Uncle and Aunt have a house there. My grandparents have been married 55 years today! So we enjoyed resting there for awhile with my uncle Doug, aunt Georgia, my parents, my grandparents, great aunt Sis, cousins GeorgeAnna and Ellen. Albert didn't get to go he had to work. Bricen was a momma's boy for the past day and I have LOVED that. We got there around lunch time and we ate lunch and then Bricen took a good nap. After he got up we went to the Mast General Store to get him a prize. Then we went back to the house and Bricen got in the hot tub with all the women! After that we ate dinner and played for awhile. Bricen went to bed around 8:30 and then the rest of us hung out for while before turning in for the night. Everyone slept well and we got up and ate breakfast and then GeorgeAnna, Bricen and I headed back. We stopped at the outlets on the way home and did a little shopping. We hit all the sales. We got a lot for our money.

We got home with intentions of Bricen taking a nap so we could go enjoy some 4th festivities. I had a really bad headache and since things weren't go so well with that I made a few calls and we decided to spend the 4th at home. Well at 3:45 I finally got him down. He was kicking and screaming but he went to sleep with me laying beside him and he was crying. Albert and I also took naps and we got up around 5:30. Since it was later than planned and I needed to go to the grocery store to get something for dinner we decided to go to the Longhorn for dinner. (We told Daddy this was his birthday supper. I don't know when the three of us could go since we will be at the beach with the family on his birthday). After dinner we went to Home Depot, the Ford Dealership (we use to do this a lot when we were dating), and Target.

We headed home to enjoy the fireworks from our front porch. We had a great evening! Plan and simple and it was nice for us to spend sometime as a family.

Great Weekend!

We have had a great weekend. We have been busy. Alicia came and cut Bricen's hair and highlighted mine. Saturday AM I got up and reorganized drawers and closets. Everything can get messed up. Bricen helped Daddy work on 4-wheelers. I went and got us hotdog plates from Killians for Lee's benefit. I had to go the bank and riding by there seeing all the cars and people really gave me chills and brought tears to my eyes. They had a great turn out. I waited in line for 20 minutes to get our hotdogs. After lunch I had a really hard time getting Bricen to take a nap. He was so geared up. I believe he was so excited about going with Sage after he took his nap. So he slept for a little while and we headed off to Wes and Amy's to go to Mrs. Jan's church for their July 4th celebration. The husbands stayed home and rode 4-wheelers. We had a great time! Bricen loved riding the Blue Choo! After we ate we headed off to the mall. We were funny looking. I pushed Bricen in a stroller, Jacquelyn pushed Sage in a stroller and Amy pushed Marli in a stroller. We had some fun girl time while the guys enjoyed getting muddy and showing off their stuff on their 4-wheelers. Yes our time consisted of 4 children with us. One day we will leave them and off we will go.
Today we got up and went to church then home for lunch. I had a church meeting and after that I had to go show a couple of houses. Bricen and Albert napped. Thats what I wish I had been able to do! We meet at my parents house. We ate dinner over there with my parents, Uncle Robbie, Sullivan and my parents friends John and Kim Killian. Aunt Kristen had to stay home with Addison. Addison is sick. After dinner the boys went and rode 4-wheelers. Imagine that! In Bricen's words he was nasty after riding the 4-wheelers!